Oncoseason 2010

[BULBISSIME]

very very nice one Peter !!
You allways have to be VRY patient with Onco, like with many other plants 

[arillady]

More wonderful photos of superbly grown arils Hendrik and Peter - many thanks for sharing

[Hans A.]

Hendrik, Fred, Peter and John - now it is me who is blown off my socks!

Thanks for showing all those superb grown plants!

Hendrik, the pointed falls of your plant could point to a hybrid with Iris acutiloba lineolata, I made the cross Iris kirkwoodii X Iris paradoxa but will not get any flower until next year.

[Miriam]

Great plants everyone!

Hendrik,
Very beautiful form of Iris nigricans!

Fred,
Seeing your Iris westii without leaves in the picture, I would say it is Iris hermona 

[Rafa]

Herewith a picture of a very nice onco.
I've received this plant two years ago under the name I. kirkwoodii ssp. calcarea.
As you can see, not correct. I think it s a hybrid. Any idea?
Thanks in advance
Hendrik

Could it be an hybrid between Iris iberica and Iris kirkwoodii?

Congratulations everyone for such a great success growing oncos. It is fantastic to see how such these endangered speices are increased successfully in private gardens, because it could mean a valuable botanical material when help and collaboration will be needed by environmental instituions or authorities to recover wild populations.

Such as Iris damascena, almost extinct, as Thomas Fiezt mentioned in some articles, I think it's important to keep alive these kinds of species far from virus and hybridazing projects, this botanical evolution relics.

[PeterT]

My second onco of the season, I have been growing this for six or seven years. It has only flowerd for three years, I should like a name for it, I think the falls are the wrong shape for sari

[BULBISSIME]

A brown form of Iris sofarana ssp kasruwana

[PeterT]

Fabulous Fred, flowers like that are what makes it worth the trouble

[arillady]

Fred you are a fantastic photographer

[BULBISSIME]

Thank you but It's easy : just take time and you will get good pictures.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning !!!! 

[arillady]

Time and a good flower are needed Fred - some can be slightly twisted or an insect has chomped out a hole and then it can be hard to get the best angle. The black background too helps.

[Miriam]

Again, Superb!!

[LucS]

A few species flowering in Belgium at the moment:
   Iris iberica ssp elegantissima
   Iris paradoxa var. atrata
   Iris sari ssp manissadjianii

[Maggi Young]

Amazing collections so many of you Forumists have!